Improved dish-pan and deaiiee



wnteh tetes *getent @fitte FREDERIC EUGINAM, 0F PORTLAND, MAINE Letters Patent No. 63,361, dated April 2, 1867.

IMPROVED DISH-PAN AND DRAINER.

TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC BUCKNAM, of Portland, vin the county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Dish-Washing Pan and Drniner; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, und exact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l shows a tcp plan and'a perspective of my invention.

Figure 2, a side View of the sanne.

Figure 3, an end View of the same.

My invention consists, lirst, of a pan, made rectangular in form, and represented at A, iig. 2, by a side View. Near the top vof this, on u track, a, slides a drainer or cover, e, with an inclined bottom, b, and having a ruck, c. In tig. 1, the dreiner and rack nre represented drawn somewhatoff from the dish, so as to show the depth of the pan at CZ. The rack turns on a hingeatf, and can be raised, ns seen in lig. 2. The dra-incr can be drawn completely off from the pan, so as to leave the pan Wholly uncovered, lfor convenience in cleansing thc dishes placed therein, andl this is the manner in which the invention is intended to be used. The track a runs the entire length of the sides ot' the pan, in order to allow the dra-incr to be drawn out, as before described. After the dishes have been cleansed in the pan A, they can'be placed edgewise in the spaces g, between the cross-bars z, and th'us allowed to drain, the water thclefromrunning down the inclined bottom of 'the drainer e into the pan. When the drainer is drawn out so as to uncover the pen A, it is prevented from liability to slip free from the pan by means of the shoulder z' on the drainer and j on the pan, the one lapping over the other. The end of the pan through which the drainer passes .is cut down, as seen in fig. 3. The drainer has a lip, m, to rest and slide on the track a of the pan. In use,lthe drainer lis drawn out so as to uncover the pan, and, when thus drawn out, rests on its supports o. The pen is to Vcontain the water. pp show handles attached to the pan, by which it can be suspended when not in use. The rack c is hinged, for convenience in cleansing and wiping the drainer.

What I claim as my invention, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the pan A, constructed as described, of the slide-drainer e, having the rack c, all

arranged and operating as and for the purposes set forth. y

FREDERIC BUQKNAM.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD, HENRY C. HOUSTON. 

